[Jewelry making - Article 00129] - Re: [Orchid] Dried out leather cords

[susanmaxon]

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    I learned to ride a horse about the same time I learned to walk. I
    grew up on the edge of the Arizona desert. As a kid when you beg for
    a puppy or a pony some grown-up always says those words "It's yours;
    YOU take care of it!". Well, if "it" is a horse, that means taking
    care of and repairing the leather saddle and bridle and other
    assorted leather horse related goods as well. I speak from experience
    when I say pleeeeese do not soak the old leather thong in anything.
    You will have a sorry mushy mess 'o hide goo. 

    Buy a tin of saddle soap (bottom shelf, paste wax shoe polish section
    of the grocery store) and use it on the thong. You will have to
    unwind it and rewind it as you treat it with the sponge but that
    should not be a problem. Rig up two spindles; put the old thong spool
    on one and an empty spool on the other. Wind the new spool as you
    feed the thong through the sad dle soap sponge in the other hand. It
    goes pretty quickly once you get the pace. (If you have never soaped
    a saddle, the instructions for using the soap are on the tin.) 

    I guess you must balance the cost of your time against the
    replacement cost of the old thong. 

Susan Maxon
Honors Gran Jewelry
Palm Harbor, Florida www.HonorsGran.com
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